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1. <br />1200 Couvnr -C ny BumNG <br />Souni BEND. I mwm 46601 -1830 <br />PHONE 574/ 235 -9371 <br />FAX 574/ 235 -9021 <br />TDD 574/ 235 -5567 <br />CITY of SouTH BEND STEPHEN J. LuecKE, MAYOR <br />COMMUNITY , & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />June 13, 2003 <br />John Oxian <br />Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County <br />125 S. Lafayette Blvd First Floor <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />RE:. Demolition of Forge Shop #2 at the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works <br />Dear Mr. Oxian: <br />The City of South Bend has appealed to the Indiana State Historic Preservation Officer <br />for permission to demolish the buildings that comprise Forge Shop #2 of the former Oliver <br />Chilled Plow Works located in South Bend at 533 S. Chapin Street. Jon Smith responded to that <br />appeal with a letter dated May 29, 2003. As shown under the carbon copy listing you were sent a <br />copy of that letter. <br />The SHPO requested that the City obtain input from the Historic Landmarks Foundation <br />of Indiana, the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County, the St. <br />Joseph County Historian, the Northem Indiana Historical Society, and South Bend Heritage <br />Foundation, Inc: The City is requesting input from your organization regarding the proposed <br />demolition of Buildings 46 and 47 at the Oliver Site. <br />Here is some background information from previous correspondence between the SHPO <br />and the City regarding the request to demolish Forge Shop #2: <br />Over the last three years the City has worked with the Hart-Parr Oliver Collectors <br />Association (HPOCA), which was studying the feasibility of locating a museum in the Forge <br />Shop #2 structures (Buildings 46 and 47). A study, funded by the Historic Landmark Foundation <br />of Indiana and the City of South Bend, was conducted by Arsee Engineers, Inc. to provide a cost <br />estimate of renovating the structure for an institutional use. <br />The results of the Arsee study indicate a cost for structural stabilization that ranges from <br />$1,400,000 to $2,200,000. Total rehabilitation for an institutional or commercial reuse was <br />estimated to cost $4,000,000 to $6,500,000. These costs do not include addressing any potential <br />COM,ituNm DEvaop 1ENt' ECO\Oti1IC DEVELOPMENT FINANCLAL & PROGRAM <br />PAMELA C. MEYER yJyAED E. lx-L, ?v1.LWGE%IENT <br />574/235.9660 574 - 1 Euz3:-H LEONAiD <br />FAX: 5741235 -96 574!2;5-9371 <br />